[Intro — soft piano, distant reverb, low, breathy vocals]
I never expected someone like you
to step into the ruins with me.
I had nothing left to offer but echoes—
and the echoes were fading.
The world took what it wanted,
and I let it.
What remained…
didn’t feel like enough for anyone.
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[Verse 1 — piano • airy pads]
I’d given everything away,
every truth, every break, every heartbeat misplaced.
And I swore I’d never open that door again—
too many ghosts,
too many hands asking for what I couldn’t give.
But you…
you didn’t ask to fix me.
You just stayed.
And somehow, that was enough
to make me wish I wasn’t empty.
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[Pre-Chorus — soft rising vocals • piano builds with strings]
I thought love was a stranger
who only came to take,
but you held out your hands
like they were meant to save.
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[Chorus — soaring clean vocals • fuller piano • subtle drums]
I never thought I’d find love again,
not with a heart carved thin from the weight of then.
All I’ve got is one last piece—
but if you want it, it’s yours to keep.
I’ll give the part I swore I’d never show,
because with you…
it finally feels like home.
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[Verse 2 — calm, intimate vocals • piano + soft synth swell]
I’ve done things for you
I never saw myself doing—
letting walls fall quietly,
letting light come through the bruising.
You made honesty feel gentle,
you made truth feel brave.
And all the fears I collected
started slipping away.
I thought I’d die holding myself together,
but loving you
taught me how to fall
and still land somewhere soft.
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[Pre-Chorus — more strained, emotional • piano tremolo builds]
I thought love was a promise
no one ever keeps,
but you showed me that surrender
doesn’t have to mean defeat.
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[Chorus — stronger, layered vocals]
I never thought I’d find love again,
not with a heart worn thin from the shape of then.
All I’ve got is one last piece—
but if you want it, take it, keep it.
I’ll give the part I swore I’d never show,
because with you…
I’m not afraid anymore.
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[The piano cuts out. A single low synth note hums. Then — full band impact]
[Interlude — full screams, crushing guitars, thunderous drums]
[Screamed — raw, desperate]
Tear me OPEN—
TAKE WHATEVER YOU SEE!
I’M NOT hiding
WHAT’S BEEN ROTTING UNDERNEATH!
I GAVE THE WORLD
EVERY PART OF ME IT COULD BLEED—
BUT YOU…
YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE
I WANT TO TAKE WHAT’S LEFT OF ME!
PULL ME UNDER!
I’LL KEEP FALLING IF YOU STAY!
IF LOVE MEANS LOSING EVERYTHING—
THEN LET IT ALL
DECAY!
[Instrumental solo]
[Clean, shouted over the screams as harmony]
If all I am is one last piece…
go on and take it—
set me free.
[Choir]
Oh with you
It's you
Oh with you
It's you
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Atlantica
